A Brighter Summer Day
1991 · TMDB 8.2 · 牯嶺街少年殺人事件
Directed by Edward Yang
A boy experiences first love, friendships and injustices growing up in 1960s Taiwan.
Why it matters
Edward Yang's sprawling Taiwanese coming-of-age epic, set among mainlander families in 1960s Taipei.
- Runtime
- 237 min
- Released
- 1991-07-27
- Studio
- Yang & His Gang Filmmakers
- Country
- Taiwan
- Language
- English
- TMDB score
- 8.2
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